Duchess & Sadie's Domain

Bayfield, Colorado - Well! From a Pug's point of view, it has been a bit warmer here in the SW Colorado San Juan mountains this last week. I am not complaining, though. I love sitting on a mound by my owners pickup and watching the wildlife.

We hear Tornadoes and Red Flag warnings are blowing through Oklahoma and neighboring states. Is that so?

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The Dunmore War & Battle of Point Pleasant

Highland County, Virginia - Did your ancestors around Virginia fight in the Dunmore War and the Revolution? We learn that the pioneers of Highland were zealous supporters of the American cause.

Dunmore's War (or Lord Dunmore's War) was a war in 1774 between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian nations. Lord Dunmore, the Governor of Virginia, asked the House of Burgesses to declare a state of war with the hostile Indian nations and order up an elite volunteer militia force for the campaign.

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America's First Jet Flight (October 1942)

America - Ellis sent us this following link to the first jet flight of October 1942. America's first jet airplane, the P-59, was first flown in October 1942. In 1942, this was a Top Secret project located at Edwards AFB.

When the dry lake flooded, they had to transport it by road so it was disguised with a dummy wooden propeller on the front and covered with a shroud. There was also a story behind the derby hats and gorilla masks that were worn by the test pilots. The story went something like the following.

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The Good With The Bad Ancestry Stories

Highland County, Virginia - There are probably some out there that only want to learn the good about their ancestors and sweep the bad under the rug.

Besides the good, this NW Okie is in search for the alleged bad side of her ancestors, if that be the case here. Doesn't it gives a particular flavor and character to those who came before us? How do you feel? Do you embrace both the "good" and "bad" stories of your ancestral lineage?

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This Day In History (April 18)

America - On this day in history, April 18, 1906, a major earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. More than 3,000 people died. It was 5:13 in the morning when a terrific earthquake shock shook the whole city and surrounding country. One shock apparently lasted two minutes, and there was almost immediate collapse of flimsy structures all over the city.

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Highland County Virginia Pioneers & Battle of Guilford

Highland County, Virginia - The "History of Highland County Virginia", by Oren Frederic Morton, shows that our Paternal 4th Great-Grandfather, Capt. David GWIN, fought in the Battle of Guilford.

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Battle of Guilford (15 March 1781)

Greensboro, North Carolina - The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, a part of the American Revolutionary War. It was Major General Lord Cornwallis against Major General Nathaniel Greene, with around 1,900 British against 4,400 Americans.

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NW Okie's Ancestrial Lineage

Flatbush, New Amsterdam ( - [Photo on the left, seated down front, left to right: Sarah Francs Conover, Henry Clay Paris and Arthur; backrow, left to right: Volney, Decatur, Myrtle and Ernest]

Last week we brought you one of our maternal side of our ancestors via the HURT / HURTOSCI family lineage. This week we venture into yet another maternal family lineage of the CONOVER / COUVENHOVEN / KOUWENHOVEN / COVENHOVEN ancestors that married into our Henry Clay PARIS family lineage.

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Virtual Keyboard On the Web

For those interested in piano, music and a virtual keyboard online this virtual keyboard is for you. Not knowing that much about piano and music, I managed to punch out and learn to play a couple of little tunes that some might recognize: Happy Birthday and Do Re Me. Play around and see what you can learn to play.

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Battle of Point Pleasant (1774)

Highland County, Virginia - In Chapter X, of A History of Highland County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton, we learn a bit about the Battle of Point Pleasant, letters describing it, the Revolution (began half year after the Battle of Point Pleasant), Resolutions by Augusta people, Augusta men in the war and slight outward change under independence.

The temper of the Augusta people appeared in the following instructions, drawn up at Staunton, February 22, 1775, given to their delegates to the House of Burgesses:

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